Guess Where? Quiz - National Parks of the West

There’s no doubt that 2020’s destination of the summer is “The Great Outdoors.” And there’s no better place to get outside than our National Parks!

This week, ROAM’s “Guess Where?” family travel trivia quiz heads to the parks of the Wide, Wild Western US! We’ve thrown some zingers in with some basics.

Let's get started!

America created its first national park in 1872 because it crossed the boundaries of three states. Name it!

Yellowstone

Yosemite

Grand Canyon

Sequoia

America’s second national park was created in 1890 to protect a living organism?

Yosemite

Grand Canyon

Yellowstone

Sequoia

At nearly 2,000 feet deep, this lake is America’s deepest and the namesake of this Oregon park.

Lake Mead

Great Salt Lake

Crater Lake

Lake Tahoe

Why does Death Valley National Park have such a foreboding name?

It’s got the lowest elevation in the U.S.

It’s home to North America’s hottest recorded temperature

Little rain means it is hard to sustain life

The death of a Gold Rush pioneer

The native people of this national park believe lava is the “manifestation of ‘Pele,’ the creator of new lands.”

Katmai National Park

Mt. Ranier National Park

Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park

Lassen National Park

From 1966 to 2015, the number of active glaciers in this national park dropped from 39 to 26.

Yellowstone National Park

Denali National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park

Glacier National Park

The first person to ascend the south summit of this Alaskan peak took place in 1913, four years before it became a national park.

Wrangell

Rainier

Blackburn

Denali

How many national parks are in Utah?

How long does it take to hike to the National Park’s Bright Angel Campground at the bottom of the Grand Canyon?

1-2 hours

10+ hours

4-5 hours

7-8 hours

10.

This southernmost national park has 250 coral species representing one-third of all the coral in the Indo-Pacific region?

National Park of American Samoa

Volcanoes National Park

Dry Tortugas National Park

Channel Islands National Park

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